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Bartered Brides: Politics, Gender and Marriage in an Afghan Tribal Society

by University Of London) Nancy Tapper (school Of Oriental And African Studies

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 2.3 cm

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Bartered Brides is a detailed study of marriage among the Maduzai, a tribal society in Afghan Turkistan. It is the first study of the area which looks in depth at both the domestic aspects of marriage and its relation to the productive and reproductive activities of women, as well as marriage as a means of managing political and economic conflict and competition. The fieldwork was carried out in the early 1970s before the 1978 coup and Soviet invasion. In this respect the book offers a unique account of a world that has disappeared. Nancy Tapper presents both male and female perspectives, detailed case studies and historical and statistical material. As an ethnographic and historical record, Bartered Brides breaks new ground in the study of Islam, the Middle East and South-west Asia. As the most detailed and extensive discussion of a Middle Eastern marriage system to date, it contributes to wider anthropological studies of marriage, politics and gender.
Bartered Brides: Politics, Gender and Marriage in an Afghan Tribal Society and Marriage in Tribal Societies
Marriage in Tribal SocietiesBartered Brides: Politics, Gender and Marriage in an Afghan Tribal Society

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    May 1991

  • Weight

    650g

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 2.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9780521381581

  • ISBN-10

    0521381584

  • Eden Code

    5006409

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